Abraham Joy, PhD, an assistant professor at Akron (Ohio) University, and his research team received $200,000 from Ohio's Third Frontier Commission to fund research into a material that can detect opioid residue, according to News 5 Cleveland.
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116 daily deaths, 42,249 yearly deaths, and $504 billion were the statistics that haunted Americans as a result of the opioid epidemic in 2016, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Instagram is launching a new pop-up feature to help users who search drug-related hashtags find support resources, The Hill reports.
As Hurricane Florence, a Category 4 storm, pushes toward the East Coast, hospitals and pharmacies across the Carolinas are prepping for what could be catastrophic damage.
California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill setting a goal for the state to have 100 percent clean energy by 2045, according to Fortune.
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Students at Boston-based Harvard Medical School unveiled a photography exhibit at Brigham and Women's Hospital, also in Boston, illustrating the narratives of local community members affected by the opioid epidemic, according to The Harvard Crimson.
The medical marijuana company Cresco Labs placed a pop-up style vending machine in Chicago Sept. 5 to advocate for alternative pain relief in the opioid epidemic, according to AdWeek.
Walk down the hall on 2 East at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, and the magnitude of the opioid epidemic will hit you.
Medicaid paid for about 2 in 5 births, or 43 percent of all deliveries, in 2017, according to recent data from the CDC.
While the U.S. remains one of the only high-income countries without universal health insurance coverage, the ACA managed to improve care for residents across the nation, with more than 20 million people gaining insurance coverage, Newsweek reports.